PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual

PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual--------------------------------------------------If you know how to build websites with CSS and JavaScript, this booktakes you to the next level - creating dynamic, database-driven websiteswith PHP and MySQL. Learn how to interact with your website visitorsvia forms, cookies, database queries, and content management. Throughstep-by-step tutorials, real-world examples, and lively, jargon-freeexplanations, you'll quickly discover the power of server-side programming.* Build your first PHP script and web form in the first chapter * Getup to speed on PHP and SQL syntax quickly and easily * Work with timesavingtools such as phpMyAdmin and PEAR * Learn how to build a good database,and avoid common pitfalls * Write smarter code with functions * Keepyour visitors' data secure * Acquire the tools to fix things that gowrong--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Brett McLaughlin has become one of the most well-knownauthors and programmers in the Java and XML communities. He's workedfor Nextel Communications, implementing complex enterprise systems,at Lutris Technologies, actually writing application servers, and mostrecently at O'Reilly Media, Inc., where he continues to write and editbooks that matter. His most recent book, Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer'sNotebook, was the first book available on the newest version of Java,and his classic Java and XML remains one of the definitive works onusing XML technologies in Java.